X3: Albion Prelude being released on PC next week

X3: Albion Prelude, a standalone expansion for space trading and combat game X3: Terran Conflict, will be released on Steam on 15th December - Thursday next week.

A Mac version will be "available soon" for €19.99, according to publisher Deep Silver and developer Egosoft.

Albion Prelude offers a storyline that will lead up to the release of new game X: Rebirth. It spins some yarn about corporations vying for power. And where have we heard that one before, Sony and Microsoft?

Albion Prelude also brings 30 new spaceships and stations, a new Stock Exchange for advanced investing, improved graphics for muscular computers a better user interface.